- present participle of fumble.
fumbling
Example Sentences
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Wilde in particular lights up during this section, Angela’s mind racing at possibilities she never considered for herself while fumbling over the practicalities of protocols and just how this would work.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
"And, of course, the key to solving a problem is to understand why it's gone wrong. Otherwise, you're just fumbling in the dark."
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
As I followed a patrol of federal agents around New York City’s Chinatown during their fumbling attempted raid in mid-October last year, I noticed something curious.
From Slate • Feb. 9, 2026
In the previously uncollected poems we find Heaney working out forms, responding to social occasions, sometimes fumbling or biding his time but always doing the digging with his pen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
“Probably just a shadow,” Reynie suggested, fumbling with his trousers and shoes.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
